In his Mansion House speech, Brown the Clown spent ages trying to justify the invasion of Afghanistan and then tried to "invent" an exit strategy !

If its "right" to be there - we do we need an exit strategy ?

Talk about cake and eating it (or in this case licking up to Yankers while pretending that he is listening to the 71% now opposed to the invasion).

LOL

Labour will ditch him in January - it's a forelorn hope, but it's their ONLY hope.

They would ditch him I am sure - but who can take his place ? They are not exactly spoilt for choice ? Mandy is the only profile politician they have left. Johnson has been a failure in the Home Office. Balls has messed up the Families bit and the Millibands make George Osborne look experienced and a safe pair of hands. Straw is more unpopular than Brown with the electorate.

I think they will let him stay and take the defeat - then choose a new leader who will then have to prove themselves in opposition. Perhaps the depression will make the Tories unpopular and so give Labour a chance in the next election if they can just keep quiet and not self implode.

BR wrote:

I think they will let him stay and take the defeat - then choose a new leader who will then have to prove themselves in opposition. Perhaps the depression will make the Tories unpopular and so give Labour a chance in the next election if they can just keep quiet and not self implode.

You could be right ... Let the Tories "carry the can" for THEIR (NooLabour) mistakes ?

I still think that once out - that Labour are unlikely to be elected again for many many years (remember their recent 20 years in the "wilderness" ?)